WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March 24, 2021 - 8:00 AM
For:
Reyes-Brooks, Katherine (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Lakshmanan, Rekha (Self)
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
For:
Bumpus, Serena (Self; Texas Nurses Association)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gray, Connie (Self)
Johnson, Noel (Self)
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
Purcell, Marci (Self)
Scott, Dawn (Self)
Weller, Meghan (HCA Healthcare)
For:
Henry, Elizabeth (Self)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Driver, Devin (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Purcell, Marci (Self)
On:
Ramirez, Lisa (HHSC)
For:
Douglas, Fran (Texas Psychological Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Henry, Elizabeth (Self)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Purcell, Marci (Self)
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
For:
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texasrighttoknow)
Henry, Elizabeth (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Driver, Devin (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
On:
Ramirez, Lisa (HHSC)
For:
Miller, Skeeter (Self; The county line)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benz, Simone (Sustainable Food Center)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Hubert, Martin (Sysco Corporation)
Maxwell, Jarred (Foodshed Investors)
McCord, John (NFIB)
Mueller, Carolina (Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Against:
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
On:
Pahl, Stephen (Department of State Health Services)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Biltz, Anna (Self)
Gonzales, Juliana (Self; SAFE Alliance)
Luo, Claire (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Cowan, Jeremy (Self; Texas YR's)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Rocap, Blake (Avow)
Shippam, Amber (Self; Texas yr's)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Wolleben, Rachel (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
For:
Driver, Devin (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Mattli, Cedrick (Texas A&M Student Government Association)
Sosa, Sandra (Self)
Against:
Renaud, Jorge (Self; Latinojustice)
On:
Graziani, Cate (Texas Harm Reduction Alliance)
Hoffman, Shannon (The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Zagorski, Claire (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Cox, Dustin (GRAV)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
On:
Lang Cortez, Elias (Self; Texas Harm Reduction Alliance)
For:
Collins, Gregory (Self; TxANA)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Dickens, James (Self; Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Estrada, Jaime (Texas Doctors for Social Responsibility)
Greek, Laura (Self; Coalition for aprns)
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
Jeffreys, Holly (Self; Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
McCord, Mia (Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute (TCCRI))
Riddle, Dru (Self; Texas Nurses Association)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for prosperity)
Sing, Erin (Self; Consortium of Texas Certified Nurse Midwives)
Against:
Allred, Anna (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Aronin, Patricia (Self)
Bryant, David (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Doan, Ellis (Self)
Fiesinger, Troy (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Jones, Zachary (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Lincoln, Erin (Self)
Mclaughlin, Cathy (Self)
Patt MD, Debra (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Peacock, Cynthia (Self; American College of Physicians and Texas Medical Association)
Philip DO, Tina (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Wattenbarger, Jeremy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Chandel, Alex (Self; TYRF)
Cowan, Jeremy (Self; Texas YR's)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Haney, Casey (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Joy, Rohit (Self)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
Massingill, Joshua (Texas Chiropractic Association)
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
Melton, Brooks (Self; Texas Young Republican Federation)
Meroney, Shannon (Texas Association of Health Underwriters (TAHU))
Meyer, Alyse (LeadingAge Texas)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Mosher, Tristan X (Self; TYRF)
Shippam, Amber (Self; Texas yr's)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Smith, Andrew (University Health)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Sullivan, Ray (Amazon)
Sullivan, Ray (Texas Association of Business)
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas YRs)
Walker, Krysta (Self; TYFR)
Wilson, Wendy (Consortium of Texas Certified Nurse Midwives)
Wright, Eric (Texas Association of Home Care and Hospice)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Zolnierek, Cynthia (Self; Nursing legislative agenda coalition)
Against:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Dow, Jim (Texas Neurological Society)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Radiological Society)
Grimes, Michael (Texas College of Emergency Physicians)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Society of Pathologists)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Society for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy)
Pierce, Jack (Self)
Reed, Rachael (Self; Texas ophthalmological association)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical association)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Dermatological Society, Federation of Texas
Psychiatry)
For:
Berend, Becky (Self)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Henry, Elizabeth (Self)
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
Rose, Denise (Brightspring Health Services)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Whiddon, Kara (HHSC)
For:
McGruder, Carla (Self; Tsgc)
On:
Francis, Brian (Texas Dept. of Licensing and Regulation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hausenfluck, Amber (CHRISTUS Health)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Pediatric Society)
For:
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
On:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Lopez, Cesar (Texad Hospital Association)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
On:
Jordan, Kristi (HHSC)
For:
Betar, Joe (Self; Houston Safari Club)
Snyder, Tom (Self; Trinity Oaks 501c3)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Pahl, Stephen (Department of State Health Services)
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